Chilly ‘Naner, Nib, ‘n Nut Butter Sandwich

Directions: Slice banana along the length to create two halves. Spread with a layer of nut butter and sprinkle with cacao nibs. Assemble the banana back together by placing the halves onto each other. Pop into a container and place in the freezer for 1-4 hours, making sure not to allow it to completely freeze. Enjoy whole or by slicing into rounds, after a hot + sweaty workout!

Mmmmm! Loved this after my run yesterday! It was so refreshing. The key is to not freeze it for too long. The goal here is cold, but not hard and frozen completely.

The cacao nibs gave it a great texture too!

I started this morning with a fresh juice composed of 1 large beet, 2 carrots, 1/2 a lemon, small piece of ginger, and 1/2 a cuke:

The rest of the day will be devoted to making Glo Bars for tomorrow, paper work, and banking. I also need to call the government and find out how the new HST tax is going to effect my business.

Word on the street is that Eric is making me breakfast this morning so I am eagerly awaiting getting my tummy (haha I just wrote ‘yummy’!) filled.

Today’s question: What are your favourite desserts or treats, if you could have anything in the world?

I am a pretty classic girl…I love cupcakes or a slice of cake with tons of delicious piped, thick, frosting. I also love pumpkin pie, rich and moist banana bread, macaroons, soft ginger cookies, and cookie dough. Mmm, this just gave me a huge craving to make banana bread now!

Girl I give you props for making juices without any fruit (besides lemon)! I must have at least an apple or an orange in the mix to drink them.
Good luck baking today!
Favorite dessert would probably have to be a brownie sundae.

As for favorite desserts…right now I am on a thumbprint cooke kick (also known as a birdsnest cookie), prowling the local bakeries looking for the perfect speciman. The problem is so many people make it more like shorbread with a splot of jam in the middle for show. No, this is wrong my friends! Ideally, it is of a nutty, substantial, faintly grainy texture, more sweet biscuit than typical cookie really. And it should have a nice well in the middle to hold all the jammy awesomeness. There’s a little hippie bakery about 5 miles away from my house that is totally worth cycling to when the urge hits hard. Otherwise, the Whole Foods near my house has a mouthwatering vegan version – if you see one in your travels, I highly recommend this marvelous cookie!

CARROT CAKE…hands down with copious amounts of cream cheese frosting….followed closely by those “No Pudge” brownie mixes (I eat half the batter before it makes it into the oven)…and of course Banana Bread!!

My favourite treat would have to be my mum’s Lemon Delicious pudding. Warm soft sponge like cake on top, yummy not too thick or think lemony sauce on the bottom. She made me one when I was home last week . . . now I am homesick just thinking about it!! SO good!!

Mmm… I like the same sort of desserts! A slice of moist cake with rich buttercream frosting, a soft oatmeal raisin or ginger cookie, banana bread (or pumpkin bread!), or a hot brownie topped with ice cream are at the top of my list. :D Okay, I shouldn’t think about this stuff so early in the morning!!

I would have to say that my all time favorite go to dessert is Cheesecake. Specifically Capuccino cheesecake, any coffee flavored cheese cake. Not too thick that you can’t enjoy the flavors and are smacking your tounge to try and swallow it. Just nice and moist and light that you can enjoy a full slice.

I’m most definitely a cookie girl – classic chocolate chip are my fave, but I like ANY kind! Ginger, sugar with thick icing, oatmeal raisin, chocolate, wafer, shortbread, butter, sandwich with icing in the middle … they all make my heart beat fast!

Hmm, not a big dessert fan. Crazy, I know! I’m not into sweet stuff…or salty for that matter!! I love fresh and crisp! Not even a big fruit fan! Haha, well, when the mood strikes on a rare occasion I love ginger cookies or some dark chocolate, or hot almond milk mixed with black strap molasses and cinnamon. :)

My favorite ‘treat’ is hands down a banana boat while camping (slice halfway through a banana, scoop out the top half of the naner, add pieces of chocolate, stuff with marshmellows – close as much of the peel around it as your can – wrap in tin foil and toss on the fire for awhile)… seriously, it is the best – ooey-gooey treat!

Oh. My. Days. @ that banana thing!! I definetly need to try that :D
I love a good old muffin – you can’t beat them!! Raw brownies are pretty good too, and reeaaaally good quality dark chocolate…food heaven:)

While I LOVE pumpkin pie and pecan pie, I can’t get enough fresh-made chocolate chip cookies and milk. And fresh, rich, fudgy brownies and milk. I like them both “medium rare.” Just lightly crisp on the outside and goooooey on the inside. Not crunchy. Not chewy. Gooooey! I wanna have to lick the melted chocolate off my fingers!

I’m a HUGE fan of a smeared peanut butter banana before or after a run! So yummy yet so simple! LOVE the idea of the cacao nibs too!

I’m such a dessert freak, I’ll eat almost any dessert! Ha ha ha I LOVE cake, mostly I just eat the cake part first to get it out of the way and then savour the frosting. Also a ginormous cheesecake fan and dessert “bars”!

Any treats flavored with almond extract make me swoon and drool in equal measure. At our wedding we seved almond cookies during coctail hour and almond cake at the reception. One can never have too much almond goodness in my opinion! :D

Carrot cake!! Or Brownies! but they have to be the REALLy sinful varieties…although cooking light has a pretty decent carrot cake recipe I’ve tried before. I am such a dessert girl! If I was a better baker, I would love to bake and sell desserts!

I think your banana and nut butter sandwich might just become one of my favourite desserts! (although i doubt i’d find it on a menu anywhere!) i’m starting to think that the frozen banana might just be one of the most amazing fruits EVER!

Love the banana thing!!! We did something very similar a couple weeks ago, and it’s my new favorite dessert. Not quite as healthy as your version, but I can’t believe how much the banana tastes like ice cream when frozen! http://www.neverhomemaker.com/2010/06/frozen-banana-bites.html

I’m definitely going to have to try the semi-frozen nanner treat. The temps are getting a little out of control in my area and I’m training for a marathon, so it’s not exactly like I can just skip my runs, heat or not! The banana rounds will cool me down, for sure.
On a side note, when I scrolled down to the picture of the juice, the angle of the photo made it look like the juice is sliding off the sill so my instinct was to jump forward to catch it! Ridiculous internet delusions! :) Happy Friday!

Angelfood cake is definitely my favourite, especially topped with homemade whipped cream and fruit! I’m ok with the boxed version but I like it best when made from scratch. I’m also known for nomming pumpkin pie and skor cheesecakes (when made fresh).

If I’m just looking for a snack though I’m more often found digging to the bottom of a chip bag than anything sweet.

Ohh – that banana looks amazing. PB and banana are just such a classic combo – and adding cacao nibs to it…nom! Also – I just love red velvet cake…or cupcakes. Or chocolate cupcakes with coconut frosting. mmm

I like chocolate desserts. Most of the time I skip the cake and go straight for the chocolate bar (70%+ dark chocolate). I crave fruits more then baked goods though. Your chilled banana sandwich looks mighty tasty. :)

I have 3:
Soft Ginger cookies from Peet’s coffee (not sure if it is big like starbucks but we have several here). They are big and vegan and OMG yummy.
I also love all of the citrus flavored dryers fruit pops, especially in the summer.
Last but not least, I found these the other day – almond milk ice cream bon bons – out of this world.

OMG they are so tasty. They are made by Almond Dream (Soy Dream, Rice Dream). I get them in the health food section of a local Safeway. They are the only place I’ve seen them, but I haven’t looked at Whole Foods – I wouldn’t be surprised to see them there. Takes a lot of will power not to eat all of them at once!

Angela! Guess what I found at the market today? Garlic scapes! I wouldn’t even know what they are if not for you :) I purchased a bunch and am going to go attempt a stirfry with them now, I’ll definitely be posting about these!

I’ve seen something a lot like that before…they were called “banana hammocks” -hahaha! My favorite dessert are muffins smeared with peanut butter. Or anything smeared with peanut butter for that matter ;)

I never thought to chill the banana before- makes sense though. I could see maple syrup working really well with that combo :)
I’m not a huge desserts person, I find they can be too heavy but I love lemon-y desserts, Lemon Meringue pie especially! I also love strawberry short cake, actually any dessert with strawberries is good in my books :)

I can resist pretty much any kind of dessert, except CAKE. Chocolate cake, cheesecake, red velvet cake, ooey-gooey birthday cake slathered in rich frosting – you name it, I <3 it. My favorite, though, is the pound cake I make every Christmas. The recipe was my great-great aunt's, and I have fond memories of helping my grandmother make it when I was a little girl :)

Dark Chocolate Truffles, chocolate brownie sundae and anything pretty much dark chocolate. I also love Creme Brulee especially from this little Irish Pub my hubby and I enjoy going to every now and then. I’m hoping to find some of those nibs you always post about.

The banana & PB is usually my pre-run meal, especially a long run but with long runs I always add Ezekial Cinnamon Raisin english muffin.

I have been reading your blog for quite a while now and it is truly inspirational. I have a silly question. Do you juice your beets raw? What brand is your juicer? Beets are quite hard, it must require one beast of a juicer, no?
My fave dessert would be ice cream! Haagen-Daz dulce de leche! There is also a great creamery here in Montreal that makes a kick ass burnt maple caramel one! mmm!

I love dairy based desserts like creme brulee or coconut cream pie, but sadly have issues with dairy. As such my dessert is usually just some wine. I have made little chocolate bites with coconut oil etc, but never on a routine basis.

I can’t choose a favorite dessert. It’s like making me choose a favorite child. Actually, harder, because as much as I hate to admit it, I do have several favorite students that have me completely wrapped around their fingers. Desserts, though, I can’t choose. Zeppolis…anything with chocolate…ooh, or cheesecake with fresh fruit! I really want to work on a good vegan cheesecake, though!

My favorite dessert would probably be chocolate chip vanilla ice cream – as simple as it sounds, it is SO HARD to find!! People are always adding things to it or using different flavored ice creams. Breaks my heart lol

i love banana sammiches!
i usually call them nanner boats or nanner hammocks, but nanner sammich makes it in there sometimes. it makes a great pre-run snack, regardless of what it’s called that day.
and i have a HUGE sweet tooth. i think brownies are one of my favourite sweets, but cookies are easily my favourite thing to bake.
:)

My favorite bad for you dessert is hands-down chocolate souffle cake that is warm and has the melted chocolate center. Just recently I had one at a restaurant that was made in an individual serving bowl fresh and hot from the oven with a toasted marshmellow top!! unbelievable…

And surprising to most people more than regular chocolate chip cookies (with butter/milk) I am totally addicted to these barley sweetened malt chocolate chip cookies from a LA bakery called Manis. I only allow myself to get one once every couple months….so good….

i absolutely LOVE pie, saskatoon berry, apple or pumpkin pie are my favourite. I also love macaroons. Also cheesecake. I don’t eat much of that stuff which is probably a good thing, but i indulge every now and again

I just want to say that I made the cold banana snack with peanut butter and cinnamon, and I am addicted!! I don’t even need ice cream or cake! When I crave something sweet and decadent, I put this baby together. It works like a charm! The only trouble is trying to keep it to one a day! (So I can keep some variety in my diet.)